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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-27
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
SV2 proteins are abundant synaptic vesicle proteins expressed in two major (SV2A and SV2B) and one minor isoform (SV2C) that resemble transporter proteins. We now show that SV2B knockout mice are phenotypically normal while SV2A- and SV2A/SV2B double knockout mice exhibit severe seizures and die postnatally. In electrophysiological recordings from cultured hippocampal neurons, SV2A- or SV2B-deficient cells exhibited no detectable abnormalities. Neurons lacking both SV2 isoforms, however, experienced sustained increases in Ca2+-dependent synaptic transmission when two or more action potentials were triggered in succession. These increases could be reversed by EGTA-AM. Our data suggest that without SV2 proteins, presynaptic Ca2+ accumulation during consecutive action potentials causes abnormal increases in neurotransmitter release that destabilize synaptic circuits and induce epilepsy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0896-6273
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1003-16
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Brain Chemistry, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Calcium Signaling, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Chelating Agents, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Egtazic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Electrophysiology, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Endocytosis, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Exocytosis, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Neurotransmitter Agents, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Seizures, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Synapses, pubmed-meshheading:10624962-Weight Loss
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
SV2A and SV2B function as redundant Ca2+ regulators in neurotransmitter release.
pubmed:affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Center for Basic Neuroscience and Department of Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't